Notes:

Died:
Buried in Salem Cemetery (Hwy 2) Carmahe Twp, Ontsrio

Adolphus married Agnes Amanda GEROW about 1879. Agnes (daughter of John Lawson GEROW and Dorcas Young (Jennie) STINSON) was born on 9 Aug 1860 in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Apr 1949 in Salem, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Martha Helen MURPHY was born on 4 Jul 1880 in Dundonald, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County,Ontario, Canada; died on 17 Jan 1887 in Salem, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
2. Gertrude Alice MURPHY was born on 25 Sep 1881 in Colborne, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; died on 23 Apr 1948 in Sheridan, Wyoming, USA.
3. Thomas Gerow MURPHY was born on 29 Oct 1883 in Colborne, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Apr 1971 in Toronto, Ontario.
4. Harry Aldrich MURPHY was born on 18 Jan 1888 in Dundonald, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County,Ontario, Canada; died on 4 Jan 1978 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Notes:

Thomas Good Murphy is buried in the Waite Cemetery on Telephone Road, west of Brighton, Ontario.

According to Eliza Cooper (daughter of Lawrence), her uncle Thomas was quite wealthy, and one of the sons was well educated and taught at the Wellington School (circa 1870 or thereabouts).
I have learned that his great-grandson - Louis Carrol Murphy (1902-1971) was a Teacher. An L.C. Murphy is mentioned as a teacher at Wellington.

Thomas was married by the Rev. J.C. Davidson at the Methodist Church in Picton, Ontario to Martha Susan Bull.
The witnesses were Charles H. Bull & wife Lydia Saretta Converse (brother to the bride). At the time of marriage, Thomas and his bride-to-be were living in Hallowell Twp.

It is believed that Thomas went searching for property in Northumberland County in 1839 as Martha's parents had earlier migrated there in the previous decade.
Martha's three youngest brothers - Charles Henry, Amos Jr., and John moved to Warkworth and bought adjoining farms on or around 1839.

The 1842 Census for Percy Twp lists a Thomas G. Murphy as residing at Lot 12 on Concession 2. The Land Records show that Thomas purchased the South part of Lot 12 on October 28, 1839 from Stephen & John Dingman, the property consisting of 100 acres. This property is near the town of Warkworth.
Thomas is listed at this location through th 1842, 1848, 1850, and 1851 Census for Percy Twp. Thomas sold the property on October 17, 1853 to Ephriam Doolittle and he moved to Cramahe Township.

It is interesting to note that Thomas' mother Deborah was living in Percy Twp, near Warkworth from 1842 to 1849 !!!

Thomas purchased Lot 12 - Conc. 4 - Cramahe Twp in 1853 from the Waite Family.
This property consisted of 200 acres. Eventually he acquired the following properties in Cramahe Twp:
Conc. 5 - Lot 22 - 200 acres
Conc. 2 - Lot 12 - 100 acres

The following words are taken from a letter written by Irene Murphy, Granddaughter of Amos & Sarah Murphy - Great-Grandaughter of Thomas) in September 1873:
" Thomas G. Murphy walked 45 miles from Prince Edward County to take up land near Warkworth. It was too far from the front, so he came down and bought land from the Waite Family (about 1853) and settled there near Brighton. That was too far back for Thomas, so he bought land and built where the "brick house" is. This house was built about 1873 or thereabouts. That was still too far from the front for him, so he bought the house in Brighton (believe that he enjoyed it very much until they got too old to look after and he went back to the country)."

Another piece of information that was included in a letter written by Irene Murphy, is that the initial "G" in Thomas name, stood for Good. He apparently decided to revert his surname back to Murphy from Goodmurphy, but kept the "Good"' through his middle initial --- Thomas G. Murphy !!!


Died:
Buried in Waite Cemetery

THOMAS married MARTHA SUSAN BULL on 5 Feb 1838 in Picton, Hallowell Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. MARTHA (daughter of AMOS BULL and MARTHA CUNNINGHAM) was born on 5 Jan 1818 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 17 Apr 1904 in Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Martha Susan Bull was the youngest daugther of Amos Bull and Martha Cunningham.
Her father was the 2nd son of Josiah Bull and Mehetabel Thomas, who had migrated to Ontario, Canada from Dutchess County in Uppper New York State.

The Cunningham family also migrated from Dutchess County to Prince Edward County, originally coming from Ireland. They settled near West Lake.

Amos was born in Dutchess County and it is believed that his 1st child, Abigail was born there, then the next 10 children were born in Hallowell Twp.
The last 2 children (Martha and John) were believed to have been born in Percy Twp.

The Bull family were Quakers, and went "Hicksite" in 1828, that is, they split from the Orthodox Quakers !!

It is estimated that Amos died between 1823 and 1829. Amos' wife, Martha died on January 23, 1842 in Hallowell Twp, and one could presume that she was
at the Cunningham Homestead near West Lake at the time of her death.

Martha Susan's older brother - William Cunningham Bull married Jane Clark.
Jane Clark's sister Susan married John C. Goodmurphy (Thomas's older brother) and her other sister Elizabeth married Cecil Reynolds, grandfather to
Henrietta and Lillie Belle Reynolds, who married sons of Solomon Goodmurphy.

Amos Bull's younger sister, Mehetabel Bull, married a John Cooper, whose son, Obadiah Cooper married a Rebecca Burlingham, and their daughter Delilah Jane
married John Goodmurphy, son of Lawrence, and Renselaer Cooper married Eliza Goodmurphy, youngest daughter of Lawrence Goodmurphy.
The Coopers were another well-known Quaker family that relocated from Dutchess County to settle in Bloomfield, Ontario.


Died:
Buried in Waite Cemetery

Notes:

John Good Murphy came from the Town of Wexford, Ireland, which is in the southeast corner of Ireland, below Cork. Due to the English influence in that area, they were Protestants.
John first served as a Light Dragoon under Captain James Boyd in Wexford in June 1798 after the rebel attack in the town.

John acquired a commission in the British Army when his Grandfather Laurence paid One Hundred Guineas (or $500.00 in Canadian Currency) for the said commission.
John states that he served in Majorca,Egypt, and Malta.
A book entitled "1839 List of Officers of the British Army and Royal Navy - refer to Page 430 - a John Good Murphy, as at October 23,1800, was in the 54th Regiment of Foot at the rank of Ensign.

According to Irene Murphy, she relates the story that John went to France to fight in the Napoleonic Wars, and while there, he received a severe head wound, and afterward, had to wear a silver plate on top of his head.
At times this affected his mind, and his father, Sir Lawrence Murphy, because of his position of authority, was rather ashamed of him, so Captain John was sent to Canada. This may be family lore!!

John was educated as a lawyer in England. If it had not been for his drinking, he might have been a Judge on the Bench in Canada.

The redoubtable John Good Murphy, fought a duel and he shot his opponent's thumb off, this drew blood and settled the quarrel.

The Marquis, whose title was next under the Duke, owned a large tract of land given to him by the Government. John rented a certain amount of this land from the Marquis, and he would pasture his cows in one paddock until one (1) firkin was filled with butter, so that the flavour of the butter would not be changed. A firkin equalled one of our barrels.

The Government gave a Coat of Arms to a Goodmurphy for excelling in growing wheat. The Crest, of beaten gold, was a Rampant Lion with a sheaf of wheat in his front paws.

As to his getting married, he fell in love with one Deborah Davis and married her, she being carried to church on her wedding day, by two servants, in a sedan chair. Deborah was a Quaker by prrofession.

Deborah was required to sort the clothes to go to the wash. It seemed that Deborah did not know much about building fires, which were sometimes needed in Ireland, because one time she put a coal of fire in her apron and nearly set the house on fire.

John was induced by his wife Deborah to go on Half Pay.

John left for Canada with his family, except for his oldest son, William, who elected to stay in Ireland with his grandparents.
John and his family were on a sailing vessel for three months on the ocean, were nearly shipwrecked, but landed safely at last in Kingston, Ontario, which then, was but a small town.

Library and Archives Canada has possession of a letter written on May 21, 1822, wherein John Good Murphy reports his arival with his family at Quebec City. They must have left about February 1822.
From Quebec City they would have travelled on to Kingston.

John made arrangements in Kingston to apprentice his son Lawrence to a man by the name of Carl, as a Shoemaker. The arrangement stipulated that Lawrence would apprentice for three (3) years, then when he was finished, he was to get a suit of clothes and some money.

Having made these arrangements, John and Deborah, and the rest of the children, were to have meandered along towards the west, arriving at Smokeville (now Wellington). The inhabitants at that time were few and far between, but just the same, they had two hotels where whiskey was sold.

John had Kingston as his address when he wrote a letter to the Lieutenant Governor on September 2nd 1822, advising him that he had not received his promised grant of land.

It is believed that John and his family moved from Kingston to Wellington sometime after Sept 1822, with John possibly retaining a temporary residence in Kingston.
Marriage records show that sons John C. and Richard were residents of Wellington, when they were married in 1832.

John's name is on the 1829 Petition to make the Prince Edward a separate District.

In July 1833, John was in Wellington, placing ads in the Hallowell Free Press, with regards to Village lots for sale.
He placed a followup ad in January 1834. It is presumed that he was acting on behalf of the Crown vis a viz the sale of these lots.
The 1833 ad on July 30, 1833, used the name of John G. Murphy, Senior, H.P. 54th Regiment, Colbourne Street, Wellington, Ontario.
The ad on January 1, 1834 was placed by John Good Murphy, H.P. 54th Reg't, Cooleys Hotel on Colborne St in Wellington. Note the change in surnames !!!

John placed an ad in the Patriot and Farners Monitor (York Edition - see August 16th 1833 Issue) indicating that he was planning to proceed to Toronto (York) to locate his granted land.
The ad ran until the November 22nd edition. The ad states that the family has been in Upper Canada for 11 years (that gives an arrival year of 1822).
John presumably took up his grant of land in 1833 or later. Three (3) lots in Collingwood Township, in Grey County.
Apparently Collingwood Twp was not surveyed until 1835, and it is felt that these properties were taken for investment purposes.
The properties were granted to John's oldest son William Davis, upon his death. William then sold off these properties.
There is no evidence to support that the family moved away from Prince Edward County. To the contrary, Lawrence, John, Richard, and Davis all stayed in the County. Thomas moved to Northumberland County.

There is so far, no more record of John and his whereabouts, but he obviously died between 1844 and 1848, as Deborah is widowed in 1848.

In 1842, Deborah is found to be living in Percy Twp, near Warkworth, with her are two single males, deemed to be Gilbert and Francis, her two youngest children, who were born in 1823 and 1825, respectively. The prior child, Margurete (Peggy) was married in September 1839. Deborah was liviing at Lot 20 - South Half - Conc. 5, which she acquired from the Forsyth brothers on October 21, 1844. It is not known when John and Deborah moved the family to Percy Twp, but it may have been after Margurete was married in September 1839.

Deborah sold her property to her son Gilbert on March 18, 1848 and by that time she was a Widow, but the exact month/year of John's death is unknown at this time.

It is presumed that Deborah passed away between 1848 and 1850 as she is not listed on the 1850 Census for Percy Twp.

Francis relocated to Ameliasburg Twp, P.E. County in 1860 and Gilbert relocated to Hillier Twp in later 1863 or early 1864.

JOHN married DEBORAH DAVIS in 1802 in Ossory Diocese, Church of Ireland. DEBORAH (daughter of William DAVIS and Jane SPARROW) was born on 24 Feb 1783 in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland; died about 1849 in Warkworth, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In researching at the LDS Family History Centre in Trenton, I found record of a Deborah Davis with parents named William and Jane. These parental first names
seem to fit as John and Deborah named their oldest son William and their first daughter Jane.
It is also interesting to note that the surname DAVIS is also listed as DAVIES..

Deborah appears on the 1842 Census for Percy Township - Lot 20 on Concession 5.
There were two (2) married Females - Deborah, and maybe her daughter Margurete - not sure.
Also there were two (2) single males - age 18 to 21. They would be Gilbert and Francis.
There is one (1) male under the age of 5 - name unknown at this time.
Also the Cenus records that Deborah had been in Canada for 20 years (1842 -20 = 1822).
According to the Land Office Records, Deborah purchased the South Half of Lot 5 from William Forsyth and John B Forsyth on October 31,1844.
Deborah then sold the South Half to her son Gilbert on March 18,1848.

AMOS married MARTHA CUNNINGHAM about 1797 in Hallowell Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. MARTHA (daughter of Daniel CUNNINGHAM and Abigail RICHMOND) was born in 1775 in Dutchess County, NY State; died on 23 Jan 1842. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Murphy Family or Goodmurphy Family came from the southeast corner of Ireland, below Cork, more specifically from the Town of Wexford.
Due to the English influence in that area, they were Protestants. According to findings, they were in Ireland, before the time of the Romans. They belonged to the Gentry Landowners and also owned a fleet of boats.
Lawrence was a Captain in the Duke of Wellington's Army, and he lost a leg at the Battle of Waterloo.
According to Rhoda DeLong Jewell (a descendant through Lawrence's grandson Lawrence), John's mother's last name was Good. In order to join the British Army, you had to be Protestant.
Murphy commonly being a Catholic surname, they decided to merge the Good with Murphy to create the surname Goodmurphy. I believe this surname change did not happen until years after being in Canada.
Lawrence bought his son John, a commission in the British Army and he acquired the rank of ENSIGN in the 54th Regiment of Foot, a line Regiment under King George III.
According to son John in his letter of September 2 of 1822 to the Lieutenant Governor of Canada, Lawrence had his property plundered in the
rebellion of May 1798 when the Town of Wexford was raided. Laurence lost his Country House, a vessel, and debts, to a loss amounting to 9000 Pounds. He was awarded damages in the amount of 10,000 Pounds.

LAWRENCE married JANE GOOD before 1780. JANE was born about 1750; died in Jun 1798 in Cork, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Jane SPARROW on 24 Jun 1779 in Wexford, Ireland. Jane (daughter of John SPARROW and Jane MARTIN) was born about 1759 in Wexford, Ireland; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

JOSIAH married MEHETABEL THOMAS on 19 Dec 1763 in Dutchess County, NY State. MEHETABEL (daughter of John THOMAS and Sarah GIFFORD) was born on 1 Oct 1747 in Rhode Island, USA; died in 1794 in Beekman, Dutchess, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Abigail RICHMOND after May 1764 in Magdalena, Dutchess County, New York, USA. Abigail (daughter of Cyrus RICHMOND and Phebe MOTT) was born on 16 Jul 1743 in Stonington, Connecticut; died in Dec 1819 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]